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2 years

My MP is a Liberal. I have scheduled a telephone call on Friday to share my displeasure with the invocation of the Emergencies Act. It’s too much. It is playing with fire. I encourage others to talk to their Liberal MPs.

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There is this trending: #PierrePoilievreTheCoward . Which is weird, as I don't recall @PierrePoilievre hiding in a cottage while the rest of us kept working during the Pandemic. So who's the coward, really?

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Really Canadian labour legislation needs to be amended to reign in unions like this. The role of a union is to represent its workers in respect to their employment. It is not to assume grandiose and frankly naïve political views that have nothing to do with its members. It

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In response to backlash over a message of solidarity with Palestinians, the Executive of CUPE Local 3906 stands united against colonial occupation and state violence and has developed the following statement with profound care. Read in full here:

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Opinion: The most important source of Canada’s inflation: The government borrowed more than $700-billion - The Globe and Mail ^^ Its the borrowing…

Opinion: The most important source of Canada’s inflation: The government borrowed more than...

The government cannot borrow more without causing inflation. Supply-side growth is the only answer

www.theglobeandmail.com

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My sense is that Trudeau's political and philosophical views were formed, like many of us, when he came of age in early university. I suspect he gravitated towards a grab bag of views drawn from post-modernism, critical theory, wokism, etc... not as a result of any deep

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I’m 55, blessed to be married to an amazing woman, have 2 great kids, 2 dogs, and a kitten. I’m a trial lawyer who owns a small firm, work a lot, pay my taxes, help people, love the law, the outdoors, animals and history but @JustinTrudeau thinks I’m an extremist. #TrudeauMustGo

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1 year

Bank governor: Carbon tax boosts inflation rate by nearly half-a-point - National |

Bank governor: Carbon tax boosts inflation rate by nearly half-a-point - National | Globalnews.ca

The Bank of Canada Governor says January's inflation rate would have been 4.7 per cent instead of 5.1 per cent if there was no carbon tax.

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David Johnston may be an honourable man but he had no business accepting the Rapporteur position. He was in numerous conflicts from moment one. Reasonable people across the political spectrum told him so. He did not listen. He persisted. He then published a 55 page report

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Some comments about loyalty to Canada. An entire generation of Canadians left the United States and settled what would become Canada simply out of loyalty to the British Empire. They were called United Empire Loyalists. Another generation of Canadians defended what would become

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I had a very interesting chat with my taxi driver. He was born in Iran but has lived in Canada for the past 40 plus years. We chatted about Iranian regime presence in Canada. His experience was interesting. He spoke of significant IRGC presence in Canada with significant

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2 years

@GoldbergPrime @airuyi People are getting lost in the analogy and missing the point which is it’s wrong to shout down opposing view points. Argue, discuss, debate, persuade but don’t deplatform.

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@marcomendicino So, basically, since taking power in 2015, your government has managed to put 11 million Canadians in a position where they need food subsidies? What happened to building a strong middle class?

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7 months

@bruceanderson There’s no revelling. Did you care to comment on the look of paying out bonuses while firing people?

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9 months

Wow indeed. What is very interesting is that BOTH Liberals and NDP are falling. This is not a transfer of the progressive vote from one progressive party to another. Rather, centrist voters are seemingly fleeing both parties to lean towards the Conservatives. I suspect that

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@charlesadler Charles, instead of histrionics, why not be a Canadian journalist and ask serious questions about foreign interference?

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@AngusReid My ancestor Thomas Pettit settled in Plymouth Rock in 1630. 13 generations and nearly 400 years later, I do not consider myself a 'settler' on 'Turtle Island'. The woke are just silly.

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Tecumseh. Shawnee Chief and hero of Canada. His heroism in defending Canada during the War of 1812 is one of the reasons there is a Canada. Canada’s history.

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@NewWorldHominin @Laurier 2. Do not discuss the case publicly until you have advice from said lawyer above 3. Do discuss with said lawyer various legal mechanisms for extricating yourself from the third party role in the litigation /2

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I am voting Conservative because I don't believe in toxic debt nor do I believe in saddling future generations with my generation's frivolous spending. Also, I believe in a strong Canadian economy - only the Cons can deliver that.../1

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@maxfawcett I suppose the fact that he is wearing a suit, lives in North America and eats food is also 'inescapably Trumpist'. Max, seriously, there are likely more similarities between Trudeau and Trump than Poilievre and Trump. But smearing any Canadian Conservative leader as

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@telfordk Nothing. They have nothing against Ukraine. One can gave both no ill will against another country but also question sending hundreds of millions to it. That’s not a difficult concept. There is presently a war in the Sudan. Do we send hundreds of millions to one of the sides

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@PremierScottMoe I think we are now at a point where cancelling transfer payments is reasonable.

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@giantcheetoAB Poilievre was not born into privilege. I think that is a significant difference

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@MarcMillerVM Marc, why did you not simply negotiate a term of the subsidy deal that NextStar had to employ Canadians? Would have been simple. Honestly, its 2023. Harper had nothing to do with your government giving $10 billion in subsidies to a corporation on the backs of Canadian tax

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@JustinTrudeau I honestly don't think JT gets it: when the government spends money, it both increases inflation and taxes. It makes life less affordable for all but the recipients of the offered government benefit.

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@liberal_party If you live beyond your means, eventually you have you have to cut back your spending. Surely everyone understands this. 🤷‍♂️

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@kathleenmonk @CTV_PowerPlay @psac_afpc One might argue that an over large, overly expensive and inefficient public sector is one of the reasons Canadians are feeling pinched. Imagine being a single mother working as a administrative assistant with no pension subsidizing the pension of a bureaucrat who makes twice what

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@CoryBMorgan When you come to Canada, you leave the troubles of the old country behind you. Canada is not a base of operations for settling old scores back home.

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@Heidi__Matthews Imagine thinking that a foreign war means that normal kindness no longer applies here in Canada

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@CTVNews Liberals putting censorship and tax grab over safety

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@bruceanderson The problem Bruce is that there are too many legitimate moments where this is true. Trudeau has been a grand failure. Voting for Trudeau a mistake.

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@GadSaad It’s a scary repeat of the escalation of antisemitism that swept Germany and Europe in the 1930s. We say never again and yet here we are. I’m Canadian so I can really only seek to influence what goes on here. But in Canada, we do not discriminate on the basis of faith or

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11 months

@cafreeland Super confused. Is the Bank of Canada independent or not? Because it sounds like you are taking credit for the effect of BOC interest rate hikes which are the main driver on lowering inflation. Which of your policies otherwise lowered inflation? None: because your government is

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@theJagmeetSingh Grocery prices shot up because of inane progressive policies: carbon taxes and overspending. You are propping up the government that did this. What’s curious is that you don’t seem to understand this. Your political choices are making it harder for Canadians to afford food.

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@HedyFry Imagine how rich Alberta would be if it was not forced to share Alberta oil revenues and Albertans' tax revenues with the rest of Canada? Now imagine how much poorer Norway would be if its oil revenues and related tax revenues had to be shared with 9 Canadian provinces?

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So the Liberal government took tax payer money to pay social media influencers to tell Canadians how great a job the Liberal government was doing without admitting that they were being paid to do so... And we wonder why we are $1.2 t in debt...

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@DeputyChow Howard, this is a bad take and I suspect not supported by any policing model in Canada. Your main job in society is to prevent violence. Period.

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2 years

CBC ordered to pay $1.7 million in damages over dishonest coverage – Toronto 99 #defundcbc before it refunds itself

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@scottsantens @LeftismForU So if everyone refuses to work and everyone goes on the universal basic income, who does the work that pays for everyone’s UBI? Next: if I work, why am I sharing my earnings with someone who chooses not to?

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@vankayak You may wish to read the bill. Not about abortion.

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@marcomendicino Super confused. How are the Cons the issue here? They haven’t formed a government since 2015.

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@theJagmeetSingh Well, so, first, what is the benefit being offered: how much care and under what circumstances? Second, what is the cost to the taxpayer? Did you find savings somewhere else in the budget so this is net zero OR simply spend yet more money? Instead of slogans, why don't you

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@DrJacobsRad @Royal_College @fordnation Medical competence is so yesterday. So conservative. I think we need to decolonize medicine and get back to herbalism. 🤷‍♂️

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@DeputyChow Best time to investigate a crime and arrest violent criminals is when it happens in front of your police officers. Not later. Violence can escalate to deadly force within seconds. We just saw that on Granville Street sadly. You have to de-escalate violence not stand by and do

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@marcomendicino Follow up. How is protecting Canadian democracy your top priority when foreign interference has been a significant growing problem since 2015?

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3 years

Based on the latest poll showing a Con surge, then, a Con majority according to Canada338:

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@theJagmeetSingh Recall that a non-confidence vote is one of your tools... Using all of the tools in Parliament includes bringing down this government. If you don't do that, you are complicit.

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@AshleyBurkeCBC Why (tf) are we footing the bill for a crisis company hired by someone who would not need a crisis company if he simply had done the obvious and turned down the job in the first place.

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@stephen_taylor It’s not even the offensive part of his speech. Cut forward to where he calls the man a Canadian hero and thanks him for his service. That’s offensive.

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@LindaFrum It should be illegal to wear a mask at a demonstration.

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1 year

@nspector4 Liberals: “Where’s the evidence of interference?” Liberals meanwhile delay gathering of evidence.

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1 year

Interesting: A tale of two cities and the countryside.

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7 years

@Metamagician @Laurier @NewWorldHominin Cut @Laurier funding now. They don’t deserve public support.

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2 years

Given that the Liberals could only do this with NDP support, if your MP is NDP, you should write them as well. They are frankly just as responsible.

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1 year

Mark has turned off replies for obvious reasons. Mark, as a lawyer, if I’m in a conflict of interest, I stop acting on the matter. If a judge is in a conflict of interest, they recuse themselves. Please be serious. 🤦‍♂️

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I trust this man’s judgement. 👇 #cdnpoli

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@Culture_Crit Vancouver

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@JustinTrudeau So the solution to inflation is to cause more inflation?

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@MelissaMbarki @Hannah_Bananaz Apparently, Toronto streets will magically become safer if my legal ownership of guns in rural BC is restricted.

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@miket136 @TariqElnaga @GinettePT @JustinTrudeau Agreed. It’s discriminatory. Plus, with the internet, the world is moving towards English.

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The first loyalty of a Canadian PM is to Canadians. Not himself. Not his friends. Not his party. The first loyalty of a Canadian political party is to Canadians. Not itself. Not their members. Not their friends. Not their allies outside Canada. Why does this even need be said

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@cathmckenna @BillNye Are we back to being a parody account?

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@MeehanCarolAnne @OttawaPolice @ottawacity I didn’t know government aid was conditional on whether you agreed with their politics or activities.

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@MarcMillerVM Marc, your government has made antisemitism in Canada worse. Stop rushing to judgment. Don't insinuate that Israel bombed a hospital when it did not. Don't carelessly fan the flames of antisemitism. Stop hate and bigotry. Your government went absolutely histrionic and over

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@AngusReid Today was a dark day for Canadian democracy. Liberal MP's put loyalty to a leader over loyalty to the people. By doing so, they took us a step backwards away from democracy to authoritarianism. And applauded while they did so. /4

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@BryanPassifiume Does letter mention efforts to return Quebec to the CPP?

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@MarkGerretsen How is it that political opponents are always playing to fear and anger whilst one’s own team is not? Don’t you play to fear and anger? But pretend otherwise?

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@MarcMillerVM Indeed, really, the wrongdoer here is Poilievre. He didn’t clap enthusiastically enough and he’s not being quiet about it. 🤷‍♂️

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@CSSW4Palestine Try using this word to apply to Oct 7.

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@atRachelGilmore Populism is a focus on ordinary people. Not sure why that is considered a bad thing.

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8 months

@SeamusORegan Now do abortion. It seems your government always wants to talk about abortion. Particularly when you are tanking in the polls. Not affordability. Not inflation. Not housing. Not the war in Europe. Nor the Middle East. Certainly, not scandals like SNC or foreign

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@MPJulian Missing something here, Peter. So you want to investigate possible Russian interference (what evidence?) but ignore proven Chinese interference? Why?

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@bruceanderson True. At the end of the day, it’s the Conservatives who are the most to blame. That’s the lesson to be drawn from this latest scandal. Indeed, when will Harper apologize for Hunkas presence in the HoC?!?

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@TurnbullWhitby Follow up. Don’t you think it’s shameful being so partisan on an issue of fundamental security and democracy? Aren’t you even a little uncomfortable by how your leader is handling this?

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@MrStache9 @Bird5Ca That often is a sign that voters want the incumbent out.

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@mrbaffles @JustinTrudeau @Trevornoah @GlblCtzn @EduCannotWait Well tell you when we get one.

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@HonAhmedHussen @telfordk Question: what measures are you taking to ensure that this money does not go the Hamas?

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@TurnbullWhitby

LILLEY: Yes, Pierre Poilievre can get a security clearance, he already has

torontosun.com

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@s_guilbeault Question: your government has had since 2015 to help BC mitigate against climate issues such as fires, droughts, and floods. Name ONE things your government did.

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@TurnbullWhitby You do realize that things can change?

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@CBCKatie Or you could review the criticism fairly, reflect on it and ask yourself if there is room for improvement. That’s an option.

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@JustinTrudeau It is unnerving that you are ultimately responsible for our security...

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@MarkGerretsen I think you’re too quick to try to defame @PierrePoilievre particularly when you do it not by his words or deeds but through flimsy associations. The account may have been as legit as the fellow with the Confederate flag at the Ottawa protests. Sober second thought Mark.

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@MrAndyNgo Portland Police permitted to protect the public from thugs. Good.

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@TurnbullWhitby Ryan, falsely accusing thousands of well meaning people of being haters is divisive not a statement of love. You know this.

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@nspector4 @rexglacer Hmmm. It’s as if the Liberals don’t actually want to look into the issue? 🤷‍♂️

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@acoyne Since 2015, we’ve had a divider not a unifier as a PM. His last divisive stunt with heating oil is yet another manifestation of this. Is there any wonder Canada is a house divided?

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@ballantyneart Explain the humour then.

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@JustinTrudeau @G7 How are we able to afford this?

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@Martyupnorth_2 Rona. Here you go. Land not included.

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@RawiriTaonui Sorry. Physical assault and violence is not a reasonable let alone legal response to the exercise of free speech. If you don’t like the speech, debate it or ignore it.

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@mary_ng Will that money go again to those advocating hate? Is this a better spend than say healthcare? Is it going to Liberal friends? Will there be any benefit from this spend?

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How does a government go from pandering to a totalitarian regime like China to SNC to imposition of the Emergencies Act to suddenly becoming credible defenders of freedom in the Ukraine?

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@Bill_Morneau Bill you cannot be for the people when you spend their money frivolously and bankrupt their children. You cannot be for the people when you mislead by calling spending “investing “

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Lest it be forgotten: the Allies fought with the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. We weren’t fighting Russians in WW2. We were fighting with Russians. In fact, by way of the Murmansk Convoy, we supplied material to help defend the Soviet Union against the Germans.

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@LevittMichael @AHousefather @mgeist @CIJAinfo @bnaibrithcanada 8. Hunka was introduced to Parliament as a 98-year-old soldier “who fought… against the Russians… a hero.”

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@canadian_josie @KatrinaPanova @CrowellMb 💯 You could fire @RosieBarton and use the savings to provide clean water on a different reservation each year..

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@theJagmeetSingh Sue and Mary graduate from high school together. Sue works. Mary goes to university. Sue gets a business loan of $100,000 to start a business. Mary takes out student loans of $100,000 to get a BA and a Masters degree. Why is the one debt forgivable and the other not?

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@telfordk How can we forget. Your party is running with this 24/7.

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@Concern70732755 Nothing he said had anything to do with the legal basis required under the EA. There was no basis yet demonstrated.

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@MelissaMbarki The NDP are on to something here I think. Equity Cards. Like hockey or Magic cards but way more fun. Basically you receive cards based on intersectional disadvantages. Then you can “play” them to gain advantages at political meetings or grocery store line ups or instead of

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@althiaraj @TorontoStar Wow. So actually acquiescing to foreign interference is ok but being outraged by it is undermining our democratic values? Are we that lost? Do we no longer care about Canada?

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